UiS strives for excellence in learning environment and teaching quality. This is the kind of work that is handled by Uniped.
UniPed is responsible for developing the quality of education at the University of Stavanger, and to ensure that university employees are provided with professional support in advancing quality-centred teaching.
Uniped offers courses to UiS employees, both on a basic level and also for further professionalization.
NyTi specifically focuses on didactical issues for newly appointed staff, whereas the Basic course focuses more on higher education pedagogy and didactics in general. Two courses open to all staff concerning digital competence in teaching are DigiSkills and Digital Literacy.
Supervision in Higher Education
This two-day course is designed for teachers at UiS to strengthen their undergraduate and graduate supervising skills. The course is a certified progression in teaching by enhancing university teachers’ roles to ones with increased academic responsibilities through the dynamics of collaboration and professional development in UiS’ community. The 25-credit-hour course offers a theoretical overview of supervision along with practical applications within a range of disciplines.
The course will be held on September 30th and November 11th 2021.
Digiskills
The Digiskills course is a 20-hour online basic module concerning how to use and integrate basic and essential digital tools into university teaching. It is a self-paced and self-directed online course designed within CANVAS, which needs to be completed in 40 days after your registration.
Successful completion of the course will be recognized as part of your professional development towards the UiS requirements (50 hours of professional learning every 5 years).
The course will be run online and be open for participation from the 1st of November, 2020. To be able to register in the course, you need to provide the following information so we can invite you to the CANVAS platform.
Use this form to register for the course.
NyTi
NyTi is a 50-hour mentoring program that instills teaching-related guidance for and with new employees. Eligible employees must have a minimum of 50-percent position and that the employment is valid for a minimum of 12 months.
The guidance is centred around and reactive upon the teaching practice of each individual new employee. Regardless of basic pedagogical competence, all new employees both in permanent and temporary positions from the autumn of 2012 have participated in a mentoring program (NyTi). All the supervisors in the NyTi Program have completed formal training in providing professional guidance.
University of Stavanger’s strategic plan focuses on teaching quality through conducting and development of teaching methods, including the use of digital learning platforms. UiS staff are expected to support this strategy, and to participate in and contribute to activities within and between departments.
NyTi starts at the beginning of a quarter of a new semester. Contact us for registration. (Feide login)
Basiskurset
The target group for this course is permanent scientific staff without documented experience of prior pedagogical competence. The 150-hour course can be counted towards your workload.
Discussed topics in the course have been concerning course planning, implementation and evaluation of subjects and teaching, students’ active learning, and how to prepare for lectures, assessment and examination. Another important area is peer learning and the use of colleagues as "critical friends".
UiS emphasizes good teaching quality and demands that teachers have higher education pedagogical and didactic competence. Pedagogical competence can be documented with a diploma / course certificate from relevant formal higher education pedagogical institution. Didactic competence can be also documented in the form of varied didactic work in higher education
The Merit Scheme
Scientific staff at UiS can apply for the status of a merited teacher. The University will announce a call annually on September 1st, with the application deadline on November 1st.
The merited teachers will be presented and approved by the university board in March of the following year. They will be rewarded with an annual sum of NOK 50,000 bto. The scheme comprises four academic categories: Førsteamanuensis, førstelektor, professor and dosent. The criteria are the same across these categories, but the assessment will be conducted in light of individual educational context and academic category. Development and quality of activities related to teaching and mentoring must be documented
Staff at Uniped Stavanger
